Meat Industry Reorganisation Scheme Discussed
A Melbourne conference in October 1926 agreed on a plan to reorganise the meat industry. Proposals were approved by NSW Victoria WA and the Northern Territory but await Queensland acceptance. A joint inquiry will study costs production livestock quality marketing and by products with three boards to prepare recommendations for Commonwealth and state governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Paterson
Melbourne
New South Wales
Victoria
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Tuterman
J. 2
Story
Public Service
WH. Austin
Queensland Trade Commissaher
J. Sunners
Swift's Ltd
H. W.gepp
Development and Migration Commission
Commonwealth
J Iw
Australia
Geophysical tests to guide Australian prospecting plan
Senator McLachlan announced a draft agreement between the Commonwealth Government and the British Empire Marketing Board to cooperate in geophysical prospecting research in Australia. A two year coordinator, Mr Broughton Edge, will organize the work, arriving February or March, with state premiers to circulate the draft to Mines Departments. An executive will direct the work with state cooperation to test geophysical methods and decide ongoing application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
British Empire Marketing Board
Australia
McLachlan
Broughton Edge
Ans
15 000 Chrysalises Aimed At Blowfly Menace
A shipment of about 15 000 chrysalises of the ordinary English blue bottle will depart England for New Zealand Australia and the Falkland Islands in October. They are packed to release parasitic flies that prey on blowflies to reduce sheep losses, with 2 000 000 pounds of blows fly damage cited in New South Wales last year. The Imperial Bureau of Entomology plans further releases to disrupt blowfly populations and combat related pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New Zealand
Australia
Falkland Islands
G. A. K. Marshall
Colonial Office
New Howth Wales
Imperial Bureau of Entomology
Empire Marketing Board
Marshall
New South Wales
Western Australia
Falkland Talands
Turmoil in Williamson WV Police Feud Turns Deadly
A two month internal police feud in Williamson West Virginia ends in gunfire with two officers dead and two more charged. The conflict began after the City Council and the Mayor appointed rival police, leading to clashes on Main Street and a strike by city firemen over unpaid salaries amid a broader political rift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
West Virginia
New York
Hatfield
Main Street
Council
Gons
Wireless beam links empire with high speed telegraph
Marconi built wireless beam stations for Britain linking India Canada Australia and South Africa. Kellaway announces completion of the scheme and notes plans for wireless telephone calls and facsimile transmission enabling rapid transfer of messages drawings and photographs across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
Wirelean Telegraph Company
Grimsby
Skegness
India
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Britsh
F. G.kellaway
Marconia
Marcon Company
Dominions
Mr. Kellaway
England
Marconi Company
South Seas Rum Trade Centers Tahiti Island Hub
The Tahito island in the South Seas has become a bootlegging hub linking Canada to the US West Coast. Liquor cargoes are found in Mapeete and then shipped by a secondary vessel to California. Some cargoes are landed on the California coast despite patrols, with routes avoiding Canadian law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahito
Bean
Canada
United States
Mapeete
Canadia Porta
Mexico
California
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Ph.c
Sydney
Edward T. Cheeseman
Canberra’s
Ainslie
Canberra
F.C.T
The
Federal Capital Press of Australia, Limited
Fred K. Watson
Historical Records of
Weion
Universal Distributing Co
Kuone
Hayes & Russell, Ltd
Eastlake
Federal Capital Press OF Australia Ltd
Times Building
Poatage
Meat Industry
N.S
Morning Glory
Beddin Steelie
Frary
Lan Hatin
Newlands
Newlands Bros. Ltd
Riley Street
Morning ‘Glory
Punt Matress
Federal Capital Press
Empire Communication
South Seas
K.B
Tooth & Co, Ltd
Kent Brewery
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